Date of Award
11-21-2008
Degree Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Despina Margomenou - Chair
Second Advisor
Dr. Jeffrey Glover
Third Advisor
Dr. Frank Williams
Abstract
As the focus in southeastern archaeology shifts away from large scale hierarchical analyses in favor of agency based approaches, our understanding of Mississippian settlements has changed. This research is an attempt to fill the “fuzzy gap” in Mississippian archaeological literature left by decades of research premised on Neo-evolutionary models and theories. In this thesis, I present my case study on Riverfront Village, a small Mississippian “hamlet” located in the Savannah River Valley. Through an analysis of subterranean pit features, I present a new feature classification scheme open to variability, and address how variations within the practice of subterranean storage relate to social complexity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1059180
Recommended Citation
Wescott, Kim, "Riverfront Village and the Practice of Storage: A Subterranean Feature Analysis." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2008.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1059180
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